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<h1>ASCIIMath Reference</h1>
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<p>This document is a symbol reference for the ASCIIMath language.</p>
<p>For a more tutorial-style approach, try <a href="http://www.wjagray.co.uk/maths/ASCIIMathTutorial.html">this site</a>.</p>

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<tr><th>Basic Operations</th><th>Relations</th><th>Calculus</th><th>Symbols</th></tr>
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<tr><th>Type</th><th>See</th></tr>
<tr><td>+	</td><td>`+`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>-	</td><td>`-`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>+-	</td><td>`+-`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>*	</td><td>`*`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>**	</td><td>`**`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>-:	</td><td>`-:`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>1/2	</td><td>`1/2`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>1//2	</td><td>`1//2`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>xx	</td><td>`xx`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>3^4	</td><td>`3^4`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>f@g	</td><td>`f@g`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>sqrt(5)	</td><td>`sqrt(5)`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>root(3)(5)	</td><td>`root(3)(5)`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>sin^-1(x)	</td><td>`sin^-1(x)`	</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Type</th><th>See</th></tr>
<tr><td>!=	</td><td>`!=`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>&lt; or lt</td><td>`lt`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>&gt; or gt</td><td>`gt`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>&lt;= or leq</td><td>`leq`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>&gt;= or geq</td><td>`geq`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>in	</td><td>`in`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>-=	</td><td>`-=`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>~=	</td><td>`~=`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>~~	</td><td>`~~`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>rarr	</td><td>`rarr`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>->	</td><td>`->`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>=>	</td><td>`=>`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>iff	</td><td>`iff`	</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Type</th><th>See</th></tr>
<tr><td>int	</td><td>`int`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>int_3^5</td><td>`int_3^5`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>sum	</td><td>`sum`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>sum_(i=0)^oo	</td><td>`sum_(i=0)^oo`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>lim_(x->2^+)	</td><td>`lim_(x->2^+)`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>oint	</td><td>`oint`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>del	</td><td>`del`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>grad	</td><td>`grad`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>oo	</td><td>`oo`	</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Type</th><th>See</th></tr>
<tr><td>4^@	</td><td>`4^@`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>O/	</td><td>`O/`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>/_	</td><td>`/_`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>RR	</td><td>`RR`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>bb A	</td><td>`bb A`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>bbb A	</td><td>`bbb A`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>hat x	</td><td>`hat x`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>bar x	</td><td>`bar x`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>vec x	</td><td>`vec x`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>dot x	</td><td>`dot x`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>(: 4,2 :)	</td><td>`(: 4,2 :)`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>[(1,2),(3,4)]	</td><td>`[(1,2),(3,4)]`	</td></tr>
<tr><td>{(x,x lt 1),<br/>(2,x ge 1):}</td><td>`{(x,x lt 1),(2,x ge 1) :}`	</td></tr>

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Greek letters:
alpha `alpha`
beta `beta`
chi `chi`
delta `delta`
Delta `Delta`
epsilon `epsilon`
varepsilon `varepsilon`
eta `eta`
gamma `gamma`
Gamma `Gamma`
iota `iota`
kappa `kappa`
lambda `lambda`
Lambda `Lambda`
mu `mu`
nu `nu`
omega `omega`
Omega `Omega`
phi `phi`
varphi `varphi`
Phi `Phi`
pi `pi`
Pi `Pi`
psi `psi`
Psi `Psi`
rho `rho`
sigma `sigma`
Sigma `Sigma`
tau `tau`
theta `theta`
vartheta `vartheta`
Theta `Theta`
upsilon `upsilon`
xi `xi`
Xi `Xi`
zeta `zeta`
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<p>For more examples and full syntax details, please visit <a href="http://www1.chapman.edu/~jipsen/mathml/asciimathsyntax.html">ASCIIMath's</a> 
website.  ASCIIMathML was developed by <a href="http://www1.chapman.edu/~jipsen/">Peter Jipsen</a>, Chapman University.</p>

<hr/><p>&copy; 2006 David Lippman<br/>This guide was written with development grant support from the WA State Distance Learning Council</p>
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